Originally Posted by plutonash:
“So would i be better off with a hdmi 2.0..from my sky hd box or should i stick to a 1.4”
Look, if someone's trying to sell you a 4K/HDMI 2.0 cable as an upgrade from your Sky box to your 4K TV then they're talking out of their ass.
If you're trying to convince yourself that upgrading your cable from the Sky box would somehow improve things because you have a 4K TV then
you're talking out of your own ass.
It's real simple and it breaks down like this. The bits of gear (Blu-ray players, Sky boxes, AV receivers, TV, projectors etc) they're the things that have HDMI sockets that are HDMI 1.0 / 1.1 / 1/2 / 1.3 / 1.4 / 2.0 The wire that carries the signal is a much simpler thing. It's either
Hi-Speed or it's
Standard Speed. (There's whether it is Ethernet capable or not but since almost no gear uses the HDMI Ethernet feature then that side of it is pretty pointless.)
I'll break it down even simpler. Standard Speed HDMI cables hardly exist. They're no use for 3D Blu-ray or even 1080p over distance.......... so 99.9999% of the cables on sale today should be rated Hi-Speed.
In effect then, all HDMI cables should be Hi-Speed
I'll boil it down even further now.....
A Hi-Speed HDMI cable is capable of carrying 10.2 Gbps of data. Do you know how much data your Sky box throws at the cable......... any idea? No?
It's about 1.5 Gbps
So your Sky box uses about
15% of the capacity of a Hi-Speed cable. That;s all. It's not even a quarter of the cables capacity ..... These are the same cables we've had before 4K came on the scene, and before 3D.
So... in very simple language..... "
Do Not Upgrade Your Sky Box HDMI Cable Unless You Like Getting Ripped Off. It Will Make Fart All Difference On Any TV, Even A 4K One"